{"id":283536,"date":"2026-09-11T05:52:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T05:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/283536\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T05:52:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T05:52:40","slug":"spooky-season-kicks-off-with-haunted-attractions-opening-this-weekend-berks-regional-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/283536\/","title":{"rendered":"Spooky season kicks off with haunted attractions opening this weekend | Berks Regional News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BERKS COUNTY, Pa. \u2013 Are you ready to be scared? Fall isn\u2019t officially here, but spooky season enthusiasts will get a head start as popular haunted attractions in the region are scheduled to open this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Field of Screams in Lancaster County, opens on Sept. 11. It features four distinct scenes that offer thrills and scares.<\/p>\n<p>                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfmz.com\/news\/area\/pennsylvania\/you-have-to-be-brave-hersheypark-gears-up-for-its-spooktacular-halloween-experience\/article_9b6b55a2-949e-40af-aff2-8b0e5f0905f9.html\" class=\"tnt-asset-link\" aria-label=\"&#039;You have to be brave&#039;: Hersheypark gears up for its spooktacular Halloween experience\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>                &#13;<br \/>\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"'You have to be brave': Hersheypark gears up for its spooktacular Halloween experience\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" data- data-\/><br \/>\n                <\/a><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/6aa2dd7389a82.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"113\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"tnt-summary\">Hersheypark is gearing up for its dark nights Halloween experience opening this weekend in Dauphin County.<\/p>\n<p>The theme park is in Mountville, just off Route 30.<\/p>\n<p>Events continue on weekends through Saturday, Nov. 14.<\/p>\n<p>In Berks County, Shocktoberfest also opens on Sept. 11.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s at Willow Glen Park in Sinking Spring.<\/p>\n<p>Its attractions run on weekends through Saturday, Nov. 7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BERKS COUNTY, Pa. \u2013 Are you ready to be scared? Fall isn\u2019t officially here, but spooky season enthusiasts&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":283537,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[118246,732,118073,128,130,129,118247,118245],"class_list":["post-283536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-field-of-screams","tag-halloween","tag-haunted-attractions","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news","tag-shocktoberfest","tag-spooky-season"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}